Network World reports on the most significant news for infrastructure and operations professionals.
Deal effectively doubles Extreme's business and small Ethernet switching share
The deal approved by shareholders Thursday marks a grueling victory for founder Michael Dell
The advent of software-defined networking and increasing traffic volume puts new demands on networking equipment
Facebook CEO tells Disrupt audience that he may be last one to ask for IPO advice
Exec spreads credit for early success; talks of surge in interest in working at the Internet company
Tuesday's event, iPhone 5C pricing showed Apple has no intention of marching to someone else's drum, says analyst
Haswell chips on Chromebook will make a difference to the platform, analysts say
The employee, Alan Patmore, was alleged to have uploaded over 760 Zynga files to a Dropbox folder
New Chromebooks highlight a tight partnership between Google and Intel, and a shift away from only Wintel
The review comes as Facebook's proposed policy changes cause controversy
Gen. Keith Alexander described a tightly controlled phone-data collection system but failed to mention repeated violations
Intel's Bay Trail chip will initially be used in 32-bit Windows 8.1 tablets, with 64-bit versions due in the first quarter
Zuckerberg said the US government 'blew it' while Mayer said revealing details about the programs would be 'treason'
IBM is working to extend its governance products and services to big data systems
First full year of tablet dominance will be in 2015, IDC says
More testing of security in the U.S. government's health exchange data hub is needed, critics say
Agency says Federal Services Data Hub exchange system has passed all required security tests
HP updates and expands workstation line
BMC CEO Bob Beauchamp says management products vendor will be able to move more quickly on cloud, mobile and more
Even a company apology, after the image was removed, got dinged as insincere
Chromebooks with Intel's Haswell processors will ship during the year-end holiday season
The targeted attack uses malware to steal sensitive information, according to Kasperky Lab researchers
SAP will resell Hadoop distributions from Intel and Hortonworks
Premium price tag jars the industry; who is Apple's real buyer?
Gartner report cautions MMS still in early stage, with questions around MMS providers and global support
Lighter legislation is proposed for operators who remove expensive roaming charges
Dozens of new tablets are expected out by year's end
The proposal will hamper rather than guarantee net neutrality, activists contend
Says it's not about having the data – it's about knowing what to do with it
iPhone 5C and 5S get good grades in quick tests by bloggers
Investments have shifted from supercomputers to sub-$250,000 systems, IDC said
Curiosity rover expected to make its first science stop on trip to Mount Sharp
Controllers work to regain contact with spacecraft that may be suffering software glitch
Micrografx alleged that the Galaxy SIII, Galaxy S4 and several Nexus devices infringe three of its patents
Folder pane goes blank after stability and performance update Tuesday; Microsoft pulls update from Windows Update and WSUS
U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services' chief information officer wants way to compare cloud providers
Some Chinese are complaining about the phone's high price
Trend Micro predicts where hackers will look for weak points in the mobile OS
The carrier had so far resisted offering the iPhone despite competition from Japanese carriers like SoftBank
A new program lets nonprofits and NGOs subscribe to Office 365 for free or at a discount
Google had argued that its collection of data was exempted under the Wiretap Act
With new iPhones comes a new challenge: jailbreaking iOS 7
IBM discloses it's developing microservers for so-called hyperscale computing
A 64-bit chip will bring more memory capacity and performance to smartphones, though there are questions on battery life
The iPhone 5C's high price could still be out of reach for many consumers in China
Apple unveils its latest iPhone, with features including a biometric security offering. But will these features impact corporate security?
